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The Committee has noted the succinct information contained in the Government's report for the period ending in September 1997. It notes in particular the information according to which the Convention is applied through a collective agreement concluded in 1997 by the Federation of Dockworkers' Trade Unions and port employers' associations.

To help it assess the effect given to all the provisions of the Convention, the Committee requests the Government to provide, in its next report, more detailed information of the application of each Article, in accordance with the report form adopted by the Governing Body. The Government is also asked to provide a copy of the collective agreement in question it its report as well as copies of any other relevant texts.

[The Government is asked to report in detail in 1999.]